Posted on 08/18/2006 1:19:32 PM PDT by driftdiver
TAMPA - A 2 ½ -year-old girl died Thursday afternoon, a day after being raped by her babysitter, authorities said.
Eric James Tate, 18, of 14711 N. 30th St., Lutz, is accused of sexually assaulting the girl at about 11 a.m. Wednesday while babysitting at his home. Authorities searched Tate's mobile home and said they found the girl's panties soiled with blood on Tate's bed.
Tate was dating the girl's mother, who brought the tot to St. Joseph's Hospital with severe head injuries Wednesday. Doctors put the girl on a ventilator. The identities of the girl and mother were not released.
At the hospital, the girl suffered vaginal bleeding and was examined for sexual battery, an arrest affidavit states. The exam found there had been penetration and she had suffered genital injuries, the affidavit states.
She also had bruises on her head, ears, back and under her chin, the affidavit states. The girl died as a result of her injuries, the sheriff's office said.
Tate's roommate and friends declined to comment late Thursday.
Tate, who was charged Wednesday with felony capital sexual battery and two misdemeanor drug charges, was held Thursday at Orient Road Jail without bail. The sheriff's office continues to investigate.
I want to THROW UP!!!
Dear God.
No, they should be severely tortured for years.
Just how do you think he'll fare in Orient Road?
They charged him with sexual battery but NOT murder? WTF?
When you hear about stuff like this, you think that we really haven't evolved very far past the monkeys.
What is it about Florida trailer parks that encourage such things. Remember John Cooey?
Dear God.
Precisely my reaction...
I'm physically ill.
Somehow the ACLU will defned this walking garbage
I can't even wrap my mind around this. Poor little baby.
Murder charges are pending according to the radio. They don't need to charge him with anything else to hold hold and and are making sure their case is good.
Put him in prison, but don't separate him from general pop. Taxpayers wouldn't be footing the bill for his room and board for long.
Wasn't that guy a crystal meth addict or something? I thought he was high as a kite when he kidnapped and killed Jennifer Lunsford.
Not shot, staked out alive for the fire ants to get. The buzzards come later.
Whaaat?? This is definitely second degree murder at least!
I am sick.
When you hear about stuff like this, you think that we he really ha[s]n't evolved very far past the monkeys.
Please don't include you or me in the same category as this monster.
I want to rip this m'fkr's throat out with my bare hands!
He needs to die painfully and slowly.
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